OF NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BIRDS. 353 



are entirely rufous, except the pair which follow the two middle 

 pair, which are deep black on their inner webs only. In M. Tem- 

 minck's figure the commissure is straight, but in this it is re- 

 markably recurved: the ground colour of the quills is blackish 

 brown, with an oblique rufous band across the primaries and 

 secondaries ; but this is also seen in Z. geniharhis and dentiros- 

 tris; and all three have a cream-coloured stripe above the ears. 



211. Zenops dentirostris. 



Bill very short ; the commissure nearly straight ; the 

 tip of the upper mandible slightly inclined downwards, 

 and obsoletely notched. Tail rufous; two pair of the 

 lateral feathers black on their inner webs. 



Inhabits Demerara } Mus. Nost. 



Smaller than Z. affinis. Total length 4 inches ; bill, front fg ; 

 wings 2-j2_ ; tail, beyond, i ; base l^ ; tarsus 1 ; middle toe and 

 claw j^g. The plumage is coloured like the last, excepting that 

 two pair, and not one only, of the lateral tail feathers are black 

 internally, and the white feathers of the throat are edged with 

 fulvous brown. This singular little species, in its size, and par- 

 ticularly in the tail, agrees with Vieillot's ruftcandus ; but the 

 peculiar shape of the bill forbids the supposition of their being 

 the same. 



212. Certhia Asiatica. 



Tail with numerous black bars ; the tips of the lateral 

 feathers obliquely rounded. Bill nearly an inch long. 

 Inhabits India. Andersonian Museum. 



Total length 5\ inches ; bill, from the gape ,^ ; from the front 

 \; wings 2^^^; tail, beyond, 1 L ; base 2,^^; tarsus i; middle toe 

 and claw the same ; hinder ditto |. The general appearance 

 of this new species of true Certhia is much like that of C. fa- 

 miUaris, but it is much larger, and the tail feathers are more 

 obtuse : the crown is almost dull black, with only a few narrow 

 pale stripes : the tail feathers, scapulars, and base of the pri- 

 maries are crossed by nairow black transverse bars, of which 

 there are about twenty on the iniddlc tail feathers. In other 

 respects, the colours and markings have a general resemblance 

 to those of C. familiaris. 



